All countries in the world, regardless of their economic developments face educational, social and political challenges. The two terms first world and third world countries were crowned to identify and classify nations by social, economic and political challenges they face. There exist enormous disparities between developing and developed states (Caliyurt...
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Al-Qaeda, which means "the foundation," was formally established in 1989 when its base of operations was established in Sudan but had to be moved to Afghanistan due to foreign pressure. Initially consisting of Arab volunteers assisting Muslims in the fight against the Soviet Communists in the early 1980s, the party...
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Sudan's History of Conflict Sudan has been plagued by conflict for decades. Two north-south civil wars have wiped out 1.5 million people, and the ongoing conflict in Darfur has displaced two million people and killed over 200,000. Last month, the military ousted veteran President Omar al-Bashir and swore in a new...
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